Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Australia. Gerard completed a Bachelor of Science Honours and Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Western Australia (UWA). Postdoctoral experience was undertaken at Imperial College London, and Edinburgh University, Scotland, UK. He was Lab Head at the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University, Australia. During this period he was involved in studies on immune regulation and tolerance in disease settings that included allergy and autoimmunity (Type 1 diabetes). Since moving to the University of Notre Dame, his research work, in collaboration with colleagues at UWA, has focused on pulmonary fibrosis. He has completed supervision of two PhD projects in the area of sports science. Gerard is a member of the Australian Society for Immunology.